This article is a list of Summit League conference champions. The
Summit League sponsors 19 sports, nine men's and 10 women's and no longer sponsors football. This article is updated through the end of the 2016–17 school year.

Membership

Current members

Officially branded athletically as IPFW before the 2016–17 school year. The Summit League began using "Fort Wayne" in the 2012–13 school year, and all references to the school in current editions of conference record books are to "Fort Wayne" and not "IPFW"—even those referring to school years prior to 2012–13.

Baseball

Division titles are counted as a full regular season championship. Current Summit League members Denver and South Dakota have never sponsored baseball while in the conference.

Of former Summit members, IUPUI added baseball in the 1994 season but dropped the sport after 2001;[5] Wisconsin–Milwaukee only participated in league play in the 1994 season, its final one in the conference; Oakland did not participate in league play during the 1999 season, its first as a conference member; and Buffalo, UMKC, and Wisconsin–Green Bay never sponsored baseball while in the Summit.

Basketball (men's)

All current Summit members have sponsored men's basketball throughout their tenures in the conference.

Among former members, Cleveland State was suspended from conference play in men's basketball during the 1988–89 and 1989–90 seasons, and Oakland didn't compete in conference play during the 1998–99 season, its first as a Summit member.

Cross country (men's)

All current Summit members sponsor men's cross country except Denver.

Several former conference members did not continuously sponsor the sport while in the league. Northern Illinois never sponsored men's cross country while a Summit member. Cleveland State sponsored the sport when it joined, but dropped men's cross country after 1992. Wisconsin–Green Bay did not have a score in the 1982 cross country meet. Valparaiso did not participate in the 1984 cross country meet. UIC did not have a score in the 1986 cross country meet and Eastern Illinois did not participate.

Soccer (men's)

Among current Summit League members, North Dakota State, South Dakota, and South Dakota State do not sponsor men's soccer. Although Oral Roberts left the Summit League for the Southland Conference in 2012, it remained a men's soccer affiliate until returning to full Summit League membership in 2014. Eastern Illinois has been a men's soccer affiliate since 2011.

Among former Summit members, Chicago State, Northern Iowa, Southern Utah, Troy State (now Troy), and Youngstown State did not sponsor men's soccer while in the conference. Valparaiso first sponsored men's soccer in 1988, Southwest Missouri State (now Missouri State) began playing soccer in the conference in 1989, and Oakland did not compete in conference play during its first season as a member in 1998.

Swimming and diving (men's)

Among current Summit members, Fort Wayne, North Dakota State, Omaha, and Oral Roberts do not sponsor men's swimming & diving.

Two other current full members that sponsor the sport began participating as affiliate members before becoming part of the core conference membership. South Dakota State was an affiliate in 2005–06 and 2006–07, and South Dakota was an affiliate in 2009–10 and 2010–11.

Eastern Illinois has been an affiliate member in the sport since 2005–06. Valparaiso, a former full member, rejoined as a swimming & diving affiliate, although with only swimmers and no divers, beginning in the 2017–18 season.

Among former Summit members, Akron, Chicago State, Southern Utah, Troy State, UMKC and Youngstown State never sponsored men's swimming & diving while in the conference. Cleveland State and Valparaiso didn't sponsor men's swimming & diving until 1992–93, and Centenary didn't sponsor the sport until 2004–05.

In the tables below, seasons are denoted by the calendar years in which they ended.

Swimming and diving (women's)

Fort Wayne, North Dakota State, and Oral Roberts do not sponsor women's swimming and diving in the Summit League. Chicago State, Southern Utah, Troy, and UMKC did not sponsor women's swimming and diving while Summit League members. Youngstown State didn't sponsor women's swimming and diving until the 1997 school year. Centenary didn't sponsor women's swimming and diving until the 2005 school year. South Dakota State sponsored women's swimming and diving in 2006 and 2007 as an affiliate member school prior to joining The Summit League. Eastern Illinois has been an affiliate women's swimming and diving member since 2006.

Tennis (men's)

Men's tennis began crowning a regular season champion in 1998. Among current Summit members, North Dakota State and South Dakota do not sponsor men's tennis. Valparaiso, a former full member, rejoined the Summit as a men's tennis affiliate in 2017–18. Drake and Illinois State also became men's tennis affiliates in 2017–18.

Among former members, Oakland and Southern Utah never sponsored men's tennis while in the league, and Cleveland State dropped men's tennis after the 1991–92 season.

* Overall record. The Summit League did not play a conference regular season schedule.

Tennis (women's)

Women's tennis began crowning a regular season champion in 1999. An X denotes never competing in a year that awarded the regular season championship. North Dakota State has never sponsored women's tennis in The Summit League.

Track and field (men's)

Seasons are listed by the calendar years in which they ended. Schools without the indoor and outdoor designation competed in those years in both indoor and outdoor. Denver, Fort Wayne, and Omaha do not sponsor men's track and field in the Summit League.

Among former Summit members, Centenary, Northeastern Illinois, Northern Illinois, Wisconsin–Green Bay, and Wisconsin–Milwaukee did not sponsor men's track and field while in the conference. Cleveland State didn't participate in the 1990 indoor track and field championship. Valparaiso began sponsoring men's track and field in 1996, Oakland did the same in 2006, and IUPUI started sponsoring only the outdoor form of the sport in 2013.[113]

Track and field (women's)

Seasons are listed by the calendar years in which they ended; for example, the 2001–02 school year is listed as 2002. Schools without the indoor and outdoor designation competed in those years in both indoor and outdoor.

Among current Summit members, Denver does not sponsor women's track and field.

Among former members, Valparaiso started its women's track and field program in 1996, Oakland did the same in 2006, and IUPUI started sponsoring only the outdoor form of the sport in 2013.[113] Centenary and Northeastern Illinois never sponsored women's track and field while conference members.

Volleyball

Division titles count as full regular season titles.

All current Summit League members have sponsored women's volleyball during their respective tenures in the conference. The conference has never sponsored men's volleyball, and the only member
with a men's program is Fort Wayne.

Among former members, Oakland did not participate in Summit League volleyball until the 1999 season, and Southern Utah did not join Summit League women's volleyball until 2009.